Not a good deal in my opinion so I declined it. I mean, my car has less miles plus the DSG (extra $1,100). So the spread should not be that large. I understand they have to make money but I still don't think it is a good deal. What do you guys think?

what is your payoff? considered selling privately? I'd ask for more off their car - will they include an extended warranty at that price?

No I agree, I will definitely go private route.
The only warranty they offered was what is left on the factory. It is a Carmax so I am not sure if I can haggle for the price. I did tell them to let me know if car goes down in price.

when i was at the dealership getting my mk6 serviced (which was autobahn 2-door manual), one of the salesmen told me that 2-door manual autobahn's are rare, not sure if i can call it BS, cause that happened when mk7 was right around the corner so clearly he's trying to get me a new one.

You're kidding... surely surely you must... The Fender speakers are PANASONIC speakers and are not on par with Dynaudio components in any way.

Perhaps the heavy bass inherent in a fender-equipped VW lulls you into mistaking audio quality/ separation with ... loudness.

Also... Drivers Edition GTI's did not come with any upgraded stereo as I recall.. AS if Panasonic stereos are an upgrade anyway.

DEs came with red stripes on their seatbelts though. woop.

I don't have any direct experience with Fender audio, I am just gong what dealer told me, and what I've read on forums. Lot fo them like Fender better. But that could be because of more pronounced bass and volume as you said. I also like balance and clarity.

I don't have any direct experience with Fender audio, I am just gong what dealer told me, and what I've read on forums. Lot fo them like Fender better. But that could be because of more pronounced bass and volume as you said. I also like balance and clarity.

ah, those pesky dealer people.

Count yourself fortunate to have a car with dynaudio components.

The fender system is very middle of the road.... oriented for the masses, and the masses apparently want deeper bass at the expense of clarity in the upper registers.

Much has been made on these forums about how much fiddling we have to do in order to get the dynaudio to perform its best for most all sources. Once set, it blows all other under $35k oem car stereos out of the water in regards clarity and mid-volume depth.